Mark and Patricia McCloskey, who waved guns at protesters who marched past their mansion, also agreed to give up their weapons.
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Congress approves bill to make Juneteenth a federal holiday
It’s the first new federal holiday since Martin Luther King Jr. Day was created in 1983.
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U.S. Senate approves bill to make Juneteenth a federal holiday
Maine Gov. Janet Mills signed into law a bill last week designating Juneteenth a paid state holiday.
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Juneteenth is declared an official state holiday in Maine
Maine joins a growing list of states to make June 19 an official holiday, although the closure of Maine state offices won’t start until next year.
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Pulitzer Prizes awarded for coverage of pandemic, racial injustice protests
The Associated Press and The New York Times each won two Pulitzers, the most prestigious prize in journalism, first awarded in 1917.
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Runners in Portland champion social justice on Breonna Taylor’s birthday
Killed in a no-knock police raid in March 2020, the Louisville, Ky., woman inspired a nationwide wave of activism.
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Chauvin makes appearance on federal charges in Floyd’s death
The former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murder ippears in court for allegedly violating Floyd’s civil rights.
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Westbrook jeweler has designs on greater good
In his work, Ebenezer Akakpo strives to make connections between his home country of Ghana and his new home in Maine and to help others at the same time.
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Biden decries ‘horrific’ Tulsa massacre in emotional speech
His commemoration of the deaths of hundreds of Black people killed by a white mob a century ago comes amid the current national reckoning on racial justice.
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How Tulsa massacre spent most of last century unremembered
Even this year, with the 100th anniversary being recognized, it’s still an unfamiliar history to many.